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UNISONScotland Updates   16 May 2008 Jubilee Scotland - Cancel Indonesia's debt - Events around Scotland Healthcare Assistants Conference 22 July - form and poster Abortion Rights - Please email or call your MP urgently 13 May 2008 Abandon PFI, don't tinker with it, says UNISON 9 May 2008 New UNISON Scotland contact numbers 7 May 2008 UNISON urges wider investigation into Western Isles Health Board Food For Good Charter Briefing (pdf) 6 May 2008 SEPA ballot delivers thumping majority for action 4 May 2008 Response to inquiry into community policing in Scotland 1 May 2008 HEALTH PAY BALLOT STARTS 15 MAY - Click here for details Source school (and hospital) dinners locally, like East Ayrshire 30 April 2008 STUC Congress 2008 - New stories 28 April 2008 UNISON calls for cuts in violence at work on International Workers Memorial Day ‘Choosing the Right Ingredients’, The Future for Food in Scotland - UNISON Response Proposals for a Scottish Climate Change Bill Response (pdf) 27 April 2008 Click here to ask your MSP for a stronger climate control Bill 25 April 2008 New Courses Planner for 2008/09 24 April 2008 Unions consult on possible industrial action at Carstairs Hospital 23 April 2008 10p TAX RATE - LABOUR MUST LOOK AFTER LOW PAID WORKERS 22 April 2008 Equality Award win for UNISON activists 21 April 2008 Scottish public services at risk and key to constitution debate 18 April 2008 Why you should reject this offer: Local Government Pay Consultation plus leaflet to download 16 April 2008 Staff should be given wider role to properly resource police service SCVO/STUC/CCPS/Unite/Unison Voluntary Sector Parliamentary Briefing 10 April 2008 New Health & Safety Bulletin April 2008 Workers Memorial Day 28 April 9 April 2008 Scotland's local government unions reject three-year pay offer 8 April 2008 UNISON welcomes NHS pay funding - but no agreement yet Plus important NHS pay details for branches and members UNISON welcomes rejection of police custody privatisation 5 April 2008 UNISON members vote 25 to 1 for new pension scheme 4 April 2008 SEPA staff ballot on action over dismissal threat 2 April 2008 Scottish Civil Courts Review Response Retired Members' News on Pension Credits 28 March 2008 Bargain Brief No. 30- March 2008 27 March 2008 UNISON urges boost for Scottish Climate Change Bill 25 March 2005 Scottish Climate Change Bill: Act now to demand a stronger Bill - 4 key ‘asks 20 March 2008 Local Healthcare Bill Response Local Income Tax Consultation Briefing Revitalise bulletin Spring 2008 17 March 2008 PENSIONS BALLOT CLOSES 21 MARCH - Click here for FAQs 16 March 2008 Scottish Futures Trust Response 13 March 2008 Black Members Spring 2008 Newsletter Latest Retired Members' Reports 12 March 2008 Protest against beatings of WOZA members on International Women’s Day 11 March 2008 'Local' income tax will hit working people and services 7 March 2008 Retired Members Pensions and Benefits News TUC-supported project to establish an oral history archive - LGBT pages 3 March 2008 SEPA staff discuss challenge to dismissal notices UNISON proposes greater democratic control of Scotland’s water Staff from first Scottish Health PFI make welcome return to NHS The UNISON Scotland response to the Scottish Government consultation paper Paying for Water Services 2010-14 (pdf) 27 February 2008 Pensions ballot - latest news - full details - and recruit a friend 25 February 2008 Retired Members News - Digital Switchover Classroom Assistants Conference Report 23 February 2008 New Scotland inUNISON mag online 21 February 2008 UNISON welcomes rejection of Tory water privatisation plan Water 'mutualisation' would mean higher charges 20 February 2008 UNISON slams East Lothian sacking threat UNISON slams Edinburgh 'Stealth Cuts' and warns of crisis for front line services New PFI Illusion Briefing Spring 2008 Young Members Training and Conferences coming up March - June 2008, details and forms 18 February 2008 Scotland's local government unions reject three-year pay offer 9 February 2008 UNISON UK president calls for increased anti-racist campaigning Argyll & Bute: Progress brings strike suspension (branch website) 8 February 2008 The Welfare of the Child is Paramount Whatever their Immigration Status: A UNISON and BASW Conference challenging the UK Government to recognise their full obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child 15 March 6 February 2008 UNISON condemns privatisation threat to Glasgow's occupational health service 5 February 2008 Council allows discussions to fail - strike going ahead in Argyll and Bute 1 February 2008 UNISON members will decide on Aberdeen Single Status Firm Foundations: The Future of Housing in Scotland Response 31 January 20089 Main Argyll & Bute union moves to three days strike Increasing Transgender Inclusion & Rights: A Free Seminar for Employers & Service Providers 11 March 08 - click here for details 30 January 2008 Local Govt Pensions ballot March 2008: Details, briefing, Heads of Agreement powerpoint 29 January 2008 Climate Change Bill launch - UNISON and SCCS comment 25 January 2008 Minister 'worse than Forsyth' in failure to protect staff pensions 22 January 2008 UNISON anger as botched contract costs staff thousands of pounds in pension rights 20 January 2008 February is LGBT History Month 18 January 2008 Hospital car parking charge guidance step forward - UNISON comment 17 January 2008 PFI COMPANIES ABUSING THEIR POSITION AND RIPPING OFF THE PUBLIC Fair pay essential to delivery of local council services - UNISON leader 15 January 2007 Sharing Services won't deliver savings to meet Government targets Law must avoid two-tier protection for public service workers 10 January 2008 Scottish Futures Trust - An alternative to PFI? Briefing (pdf) 9 January 2008 New Welfare Newsletter 7 January 2008 TUC supports campaign to stop violence against Iraqi women Get tickets for 'Sicko' online from GFT Maternity and Parental Rights UK course 3 January 2008 UNISON urges councils - Re-evaluate classroom assistant jobs 2 January 2008 'Sicko' screening launches union's campaign to back 60 year-old NHS 1 January 2008 A Happy and Peaceful New Year ...especially to our members delivering public services over the holiday